Contents are covered in this video: 00:07 Why Dual Boot from Internal Storage instead of SD Card 01:57 Storage space required for Dual Boot ( Will Dual Boot mess up your current Steam OS setup?) 03:15 Things are required to complete Dual Boot 04:14 Create NTFS Partition for Window 11 09:12 Create an SD Card that works for both Steam OS & Windows 13:02 Create bootable Windows 11 install usb flash drive 15:18 Install Windows 11 onto Steam Deck 20:39 Install Windows drivers 26:58 Setup controllers for non-steam games (Windows) 30:14 Setup Dual boot menu Dual Boot Installation Commands Command#1:git clone github.com/ryanrudolfoba/SteamDeck-Clover-dualboot Command#2:cd ~/SteamDeck-Clover-dualboot Command#3:chmod +x [install-Clover.sh](install-clover.sh/) Command#4:./install-Clover.sh
Hey @ED4T.. quick question, I'm on the 64 gig model of the steam deck, and no matter what I do, I don't have enough storage to install the apu driver. Any tips? Also amazing vid, only one that worked. Edit: I have a 256 gig sd card in it that's been split between the 2 OS.
Sir, you are completly right about the loading problems when installing and running Windows directly from a SD card. I had the same problems, but in-game, things taking too much time to load and when not gaming the disk usage (in the task manager) was always at 100%.
Thank you so much for this guide ive finally got windows onto my internal ssd. i have never been able to do it via usb it just didnt work i could with sd but didn't want to wreck my card.love your videos mate keep up the great work.
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Awesome video- I Want My Steamdeck Back as Much Greater Gaming Compatibility Now with Win Tiny/Steam OS Dual Boot Minimum Storage Requirement Set up .Thank-you :)
You got a new subscriber. Your videos are so good keep it up 👍 just 2 questions is windows 10 better than 11 on steam deck ? And can you please tell us the official name of windows version you installed is it home or pro or what? Because I want to buy a windows key for it. Thank you
thanks for the sub. if you consider buying keys then i will go with Windows 11. it will keep updating and the touch feature is way better than Windows 10. I used the home edition on windows 11. just remember Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025
For those who made the same mistake I did, if you get to the installing Windows stage and the installer exits saying "Windows cannot identify some drives on this device" it's because the micro SD card is still in the Steam Deck and Windows cannot identify those until you've installed drivers. Edit: The solution to this is you just remove the micro SD card. If you follow this tutorial there's nothing on the card required for Windows installation. So you remove it, install Windows, download the Steam Deck drivers for Windows which includes one for the SD card reader, then you can insert the micro SD and use it for SteamOS and/or Windows.
My guess is to install windows with a USB? Then, put ur SD card in with drivers that has both the drivers and windows installed? My issue is I have a sd card, I put windows on it and it asks for a product code.
Thank you so much bro i was stressing about just staying on steam or staying on windows cause i didnt even think it was possible on a 64gb but this will work perfectly! Can we also use a external hard drive/ssd for both os ? Like partion one for steam nd one for windows like we did with sd card? Thanks again!!😊
very, very good tutorial! step by step, what you need etc. I've tried using my Steam Deck with Desktop as a partial main device docked but there are things, with flatpaks, where I do miss Windows (or maybe a standard Linux) and this might be the solution. Any information about battery docked? Is there a way to set up a limiter for charging?
Also I can’t download the windows disk image of windows 10, I can only use the create windows installation media for windows 10 is that fine? I don’t wanna use windows 11
What do i do after i get a new ssd for my deck planning to upgrade later on when i can, do i have to do everything again and what was the point of doing the sd card?
Do I have to remove the sd card when I do all this? Also it is formatted by steamos, if I want to use it only for windows I can make it only ntfs partition?
Important question PLZ answer! Can I use two different micro SD cards for games? Like one of the micro sd cards partitioned with games in it from both OS and one that’s not partitioned that I will only use for steam OS? I plan to take off the micro sd card depending on which games I wanna play. Will that work?
Thanks man got windows up and running haven't had any problems the only annoying thing is that we still have no Bluetooth or audio drivers for the OLED steam deck but its not the end of the world for the meantime i have to use my wired headphones its a bit of a pain but it works
Hi I have 2 questions. I have a 2TB SSD and 500gb of it is full of steam OS games do I need to reimage steam OS to dual boot or can I just resize 1TB of the drive to windows without deleting my games on steam OS. Also if I want to install the games on the ssd so I should skip the micro sd card step right ?
You dont need to re-image steam deck. just resize 1TB drive to windows. no need to delete any games from your Steam OS. yes if you dont want to use sd card for games you should skip the SD card step. you are correct.
Can you make a video about running gamepass on windows 11 under steamdeck ? Not the cloud gaming game pass , it is real game pass on windows, is it possible? Thanks
Hey! I followed this method and it worked fine but I am trying to redo it because I wanted to install tiny windows11 instead of the whole thing. The setup window shows the partition to install windows is full. What should I do to resolve this? I tried to format the partition and it didn't work, still shows the drive full eventhough there's nothing on it. It's fresh partition from gparted. Please help!
Once you have this set up how does storage work? Like can I add both steamos games and windows files to the same microsd? Also what happens to both platforms when I eject and change the sd?
yes the sd card is shared by both OS. you can add games from both os to the same sd card. if you eject the sdcard, everything store on the sdcard will be not accessible. the sd card is divided into 2 partitions one for steam os and one for windows. so they did not mess up with each.
HELP! when running gparted on the steam deck i get the cd image screen then some text saying end kernal panic : not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) any ideas wizards?
Great, but how if i wanna turn back internal normally full size without partition? i mean, if i before use this method, and sometime i wanna sell my steamdeck, i need to recover the internal storage, and how to take back the normal storage without partition? Thank you
hi i’ve had windows for a bit now and now i want to get rid of it i’ve done some reasearch and i think i just need to delete the partition i created for windows and it will delete all the data and delete windows on the boot menu but what do you think
Hi @ED4T I got an error when trying to create the NTFS partition. It says : Failed to execute child process "mkntfs" (Input/output error). The only things I couldn't do exactly like you is when creating the iso file on Rufus. Gparted is currently in version 1.5.0-6 and I had a waring about 2 files that were missing and should been downloaded. Any idea ?
Followed the tutorial and divided my micro sd into exfat and ext4. I see the division in steamOs in desktop mode but don't know how i can install something to it. Help 😢
I want to format my windows partition to NTFS so I can play Xbox game pass game because it requires that. Is it gonna mess anything up? I don’t really care if it messes up the steamos part
Thanks for your tutorial, its helpful ..one question, my sd internal space 1tb, i dont want to use sd card for game , so repartion step just skip the sd card? Just resize the partition for windows let say 100gb, set it format to ntfs ,can the ntfs share for gaming part too? Or i still need to resize another partition from main linux, then set format to exfat for windows game..Please advise😊
Thanks. If you don’t want SD card for gaming yes you can skip the SD card partition step. The windows ntfs partition cannot be accessed from Steam OS. If you want have one partition shared between steam os and windows then you have to create another exfat partition just like you said.
Thanks for your reply😊😊 , is it necessary to create exfat for sharing between win / steamOS? Steamos game everything will be in orginal partition..for windows 11 game everthing in ntfs partition, if want to play win11 game, i can just switch between both steamos / win11 right…Sorry im new , sorry for noob question 😊
hello, thank you for your help! one question, after following your tutorial, I cant sign in to my Xbox app so I can play my PC Game Pass. it always keep bumping out the apps. any workaround? thanks!
Hey man so lets say i did the double boot but now i dont want to double boot anymore and i want to make windows take 64 gb of my steam deck, do i have to redo everything or what do i do
Hey guys, I just upgraded my deck to 2tb storage and planning to dual boot windows. Was wondering is it possible to shrink 2 extra partitions 1 is for windows (60GB) another 1 is for storage (1TB exFAT). The reason why is because exFAT can be shared for both Windows and SteamOS. Have anyone tried it before?
Hi, Can I make my micro SD as Windows 11 booter to install it in the internal space of the steam deck and then format the micro SD to install my games?
Question: I recently mess up my tiny windows files. Is there a way to reinstall it using your method? Will it compromise my existing files that I have on my steam deck and windows? My dual boot is working fine and I hope I do not have to do the entire setup process again. Any comment is greatly appreciated! Thank you!!
you don't have to redo the entire process. you can just reinstall windows. after Windows is reinstalled. after you reinstalled Windows and now it boots directly to Windows instead of Clover! this is how to fix it: 1. Shutdown the Steam Deck. While powered OFF, press VOLDOWN + POWER and select SteamOS from the list. 2. Script will automatically fix the dual boot entries! Reboot and it will go back to Clover!
Quick question: When Windows first installed from me from the “This PC” screen I do not see my SD card like you did, any idea how to fix? I followed the guide exactly
Hey ed I put the windows flashed usb and entered setup windows says it doesn’t have enough space in drive it shows 20.6 out of 20.7 the same as yours any help thanks?
sorry for late reply. you can use the exfat format sd card to transfer files between Steam OS and Windows. I showed to format the SD to exfat & ext4 in this video.
you mentioned partitioning the sd card for windows and steamos, How do I make SteamOS detect the partition we created for it? I gave steam an extra 80gb from my sdcard but idk how to use that space.
I have the same question. In the video, we could see that SteamOS didn't detect the SD ext4 partition in Game Mode, only in Desktop Mode. I wonder if the solution is to have 2 SD cards, one for each system.
@@stpp47 not really. The ext4 partition wasn’t seen by either system, but the other was seen by both and shared. For this reason, no real benefit in splitting the sd card
2 questions If I decide I want to revert to my default steam deck OS like how I got it brand new what should I have to do? Also does my steam deck have to be factory reset first before I start this process
1. You have to re-image your steam deck if you want to revert back to the factory steam deck you got it brand new. Here is the video how to re-image steam deck ruclips.net/video/6vFmOf4V6O4/видео.html 2 you don’t need to factory reset before you doing this dual boot process.
Hey please answer I need help, I’m stuck on airplane mode and I can’t turn it off for some reason. It’s blocked in greyish and I can’t even connect to the internet when it’s on. Please help thanks
Hello Ed, Can you please explain why when selecting Drive 0 Partition 9, although it shows same gb size as shown in your video, whenever I get to downloading the Drivers, I start getting "not enough disk space" message. Any thoughts? As of the writing of this message to you, I am starting the whole process over again. Everything up until the driver installation has gone perfectly as shown in your video. Thank you!
sorry for late reply. so you have complete the windows installation but when you install valve's windows driver it said not enough disk space ? just wondering which driver it gives your this error msg? also are you installing tiny windows 11 or regular windows 11?
@ Ed, Thanks for valuable reply. I believe the problem is when I set up my WiFi. FYI - I did download & installed Tiny 11 22H2 Beta1 successfully. But I noticed, after your step in turning on my WiFi, suddenly there were some downloads of Windows updates. Cannot understand why this happens, especially when UPDATES shown as "pause for 1 week". I then notice my (C) Local Drive is RED and now with only 414MB! I also noticed, and I think this is where to problem originates -- I did not see the Secure Digital storage device. So I then pulled out my SD card and reladed it & then the SD card suddenly appears on "This PC". Does the SD card need to be shown in "This PC" as well? I am now totally confused since everything up until I was ready to install the drivers went perfectly. But obviously, no point in moving forward. Any thoughts?? Can I backtrack in order to correct this problem, or do I need to start again. Unfortunately, I need to have some idea as to why, the darn updates appear to start downloading into my Local Disk (C): for no good reason. HELP PLEASE!!! Thanks once again for your great expertise & assistance!
@@goomba1950 no problem man. I think it's windows update casues issues for you. you can try to delete the downloaded update files from here: go to Settings > System > Storage and select Temporary files then Select the Windows Update Cleanup and Delivery Optimization Files checkboxes. Afterward, select the Remove files button at the top of the page. The SD Card shows as a digital storage device that's normal.
@@ED4TThank you so much Ed. Unfortunately, I did a Steam Deck Repair and will be starting from the beginning. At least I feel much better in that you have given me an option should I need to delete unwanted files. I will resume tomorrow morning (exhausted) and will revert results & hopefully with better news. As always, you are a champion!!!💪💪💪
Did what you said, but under Settings, System, Storage, Temporary Files (all that I am able to delete is: Thumbnails @6.01 MB, Microsoft Defender Antivirus @ 1.5 MB, Direct Shader Cache @ 65 KB & Temporary Internet Files @ 86 bytes. These are very small files and will not resolve issue since Local Disk (C:) -20.6 GB only have 1.55 GB free. Again, not sure why the system appears to fill up data into said drive. I've used your video tutorial last year & never had this problem. At this time I will attemp to download windows 11 on my sd card with drivers in order to use my Steam Deck strickly as a PC. I really play much PC games so I will use for that purpose. I'll see what happens but I really love your tutorials & look forward to see your future videos. Thanks again, as always!
I know it's a noob question but I'm curious is it possible to go to SteamOS or Return to Gaming Mode while in Windows 11 desktop without shutting down the deck and booting up again?
You have to install dual boot menu otherwise it will boot into windows by default. You can hold volume - plus power button manually select steam os to boot into steam os if you don’t want to install dual boot menu.
Try this: There was a SteamOS update and it wiped all my boot entries! This happens even if not using dualboot / Clover / rEFInd. 1. Shutdown the Steam Deck. While powered OFF, press VOLUP + POWER. 2. Go to Boot from File > efi > steamos > steamcl.efi 3. Script will automatically fix the dual boot entries! Reboot and it will go back to Clover!
@@ED4T I didn't expect such a quick answer on an old video but thanks for the help bro! after resetting it would give me the dual boot options but even when I chose SteamOS it would still boot Windows. I redid what you said, went on desktop mode, opened SteamDeck_rEFind and reinstalled the config and now it works. you deserve more subs dude! wish you the best
Could you please help me with this? I installed windows on a new partition, but it had no storage whatsoever. so i removed the partitions of both steamos and windows, which merged them into one, and i formatted that to ntfs. i installed windows again, but it said i have 2 installations now and one goes to an error because it was removed. i want to go back to my default steamos but i have nothing now. what should i do? and how do i get rid of the broken boot loaders that dont work now (because they dont go anywhere)
Follow this guide and just re-image your steam os. It will get rid of everything include your windows partition. It will bring your SD back to its first day you bought it. How to Re-image Steam OS / Re-Install Steam OS / Unbrick Your Steam Deck ruclips.net/video/6vFmOf4V6O4/видео.html
@@ED4T i have a usb stick with the recovery image but it doesnt load at all and its just black with a cursor for like 2 hours now and i have tried it a lot of times, what should i do? edit: nvm just use an sd card, also thank you so much for replying!! i loved your guide, windows just wasnt for me i think
Hello, I have a problem - in the boot manager I ONLY have a partition for Windows, and there is no partition for Steam OS. you can see it normally in gparted, but not in the boot manager. I hope you can help me with this
try this: Start with Steam Deck off. Hold Volume + button and power. Choose "Boot from file". Select esp/efi/steamos/steamcl.efi. Wait until SteamOS boots (there will be a blank screen for some time, but Steam should start after that). Go to desktop mode. Open Konsole. EDIT: if you never used sudo then type passwd and press Enter. Then set up your password that you will have to use whenever you run sudo. Run following command: sudo efibootmgr -c -L "SteamOS" -l "\EFI\steamos\steamcl.efi" -d /dev/nvme0n1p1 This will add a boot menu option for SteamOS. EDIT: If you're typing the command by hand, 2 remarks: it is one line command (in mobile apps it might be seen as multiple lines) the third flag, between "SteamOS" and "\EFI... is a dash and lowercase L (it might look like number one or uppercase i)
I'm sorry to bother but would you maybe know why im getting a disk write error when trying to install games on steamos but on windows games installs just fine?
I have installed Windows 11 on an external ssd but it only boots via the usbc port of the steam deck. If the docking station is connected and I connect the ssd as a usb, it can't be booted, how can I change that?
I partitioned my SD card but now when I attempt to download Emudeck there is no SD card detected, how can I fix that? there is a directory that I think belongs to the card but when i click it it says non writable directory selected so idk what to do. is it safe to format it even tho it has two partitions?
@@ED4T I found elsewhere that formatting the SD would mess up the partitions potentially and that i could just run emudeck from windows, thanks tho! i do have another question, Windows 11 is unable to run some games due to anticheat (Valorant) and I was wondering if you knew a small Windows 10 build similar to Tiny11 that I can downgrade to? I intend to delete the partition using Gparted and redownload Windows into it, that should work right?
after i managed to install windows, and will enter steam os, on the boot menu option there is no steam os, there is only windows boot manager,, how to fix with this problem
Do you know why on my pc, when i try to go to the settings menu, it just shows blue screen? It doesn’t load the menu at all! Also, saved this for future use. Thanks!
18.11 On the stage where you have installed windows 11 and booting back to Steam OS, I am not getting the option after pressing minus and power button. Please help what to do.
sorry for the late reply, try booting into G-parted again and see if the steam os partition still shows up in the GParted but if not, the only way you can fix this is to re-image your steam deck. I have a tutorial here for re-image the steam deck: ruclips.net/video/6vFmOf4V6O4/видео.html
@@ED4T need to reinstall steam and windows 11 back. But now I am on it. Thanks for the reply, I have a 64gb version and want to try game pass on it. Is it possible to install xbox games on SD card with dual boot option?
Hi, I have got to the end of the tutorial but when trying to reboot in to SteamOS, I only have the Windows option - I have rebooted into GParted and I can still see the ext4 Home is there, how do I go about rebooting in to Steam?
Not sure if someone is facing the same issue, but I did these steps, but at some point my dock was not being recognized anymore, not for hdmi ou, not for usb ports, and not even for charging. I've read people with the same problem, but no clear solution. Any ideas? Thank you for the guide!
@@ED4T thanks for the reply. It stopped working on both. Even turned off, it would not charge. It's a third party dock, but a good one (at least from what I read). It was working and after reimaging the deck and partitioning, at some point it just stopped, probably after using gParted - I did boot on that through the dock's usb. I read about people having that problem with any dock, including official one, and valve recommends putting the deck on shipping mode ("battery off" mode) and then back into plug, should work. I did that. And nothing on the dock. Tested another, though (genki covert dock), and it worked for both charging and HDMI out. So I guess the dock really died, not sure why. I even could ask for a refund, so all good I guess. Thanks again!
@@ED4T Actually I forgot to mention. Before trying Genki Dock, I tested an USB hub and it also worked. But yeah, no problem, and thanks for the guide, it was really helpful!
to bypass the error i used a "bootleg"(not quite sure if thats the correct term) ver. of windows using only the steamOS and then proceeded to install actual windows using rufus on that "bootleg" ver.
Contents are covered in this video:
00:07 Why Dual Boot from Internal Storage instead of SD Card
01:57 Storage space required for Dual Boot ( Will Dual Boot mess up your current Steam OS setup?)
03:15 Things are required to complete Dual Boot
04:14 Create NTFS Partition for Window 11
09:12 Create an SD Card that works for both Steam OS & Windows
13:02 Create bootable Windows 11 install usb flash drive
15:18 Install Windows 11 onto Steam Deck
20:39 Install Windows drivers
26:58 Setup controllers for non-steam games (Windows)
30:14 Setup Dual boot menu
Dual Boot Installation Commands
Command#1:git clone github.com/ryanrudolfoba/SteamDeck-Clover-dualboot
Command#2:cd ~/SteamDeck-Clover-dualboot
Command#3:chmod +x [install-Clover.sh](install-clover.sh/)
Command#4:./install-Clover.sh
The partition Btrfs is most fast.
all compare benchmarks with regular win11
or at least any fps
Hey @ED4T.. quick question, I'm on the 64 gig model of the steam deck, and no matter what I do, I don't have enough storage to install the apu driver. Any tips? Also amazing vid, only one that worked.
Edit: I have a 256 gig sd card in it that's been split between the 2 OS.
Best tutorial i've seen yet, super straightforward and neat while being specific aswell. Thank you so much for this it really helped me!
You're very welcome!
Been waiting on this tutorial for a while, thank you for taking the time to make it
Glad it was helpful!
I don't currently need to do this with my Steam Deck but that's REALLY helpful for any things I may do later on! Thanks a lot, Man!
No problem! buddy.
DON'T do it - wait for the official dual boot support from Valve, this is a band-aid which will be regularly broken by SteamOS updates.
Sir, you are completly right about the loading problems when installing and running Windows directly from a SD card. I had the same problems, but in-game, things taking too much time to load and when not gaming the disk usage (in the task manager) was always at 100%.
Thank you so much for this guide ive finally got windows onto my internal ssd. i have never been able to do it via usb it just didnt work i could with sd but didn't want to wreck my card.love your videos mate keep up the great work.
thanks buddy
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I appreciate that. thank you so much !
incredible work, I successfully completed my steam deck for both O.S and work like a champ :) Thank you.
no problem. happy gaming !
thank you so much ! Of all SD windows installation..yours is the best and easiest to follow step by step..can play fifa23 on my SD windows 10 now!
Watched the whole thing. Great job!
I appreciate that!
I love that this came out on my birthday! Thank you!
Happy birthday!😀
@@ED4T Thank you! You're awesome!
Awesome video- I Want My Steamdeck Back as Much Greater Gaming Compatibility Now with Win Tiny/Steam OS Dual Boot Minimum Storage Requirement Set up .Thank-you :)
thank you, yes , to achieve best compatibility this is the best way to go.
You got a new subscriber. Your videos are so good keep it up 👍 just 2 questions is windows 10 better than 11 on steam deck ? And can you please tell us the official name of windows version you installed is it home or pro or what? Because I want to buy a windows key for it. Thank you
thanks for the sub. if you consider buying keys then i will go with Windows 11. it will keep updating and the touch feature is way better than Windows 10. I used the home edition on windows 11.
just remember Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025
For those who made the same mistake I did, if you get to the installing Windows stage and the installer exits saying "Windows cannot identify some drives on this device" it's because the micro SD card is still in the Steam Deck and Windows cannot identify those until you've installed drivers.
Edit: The solution to this is you just remove the micro SD card. If you follow this tutorial there's nothing on the card required for Windows installation. So you remove it, install Windows, download the Steam Deck drivers for Windows which includes one for the SD card reader, then you can insert the micro SD and use it for SteamOS and/or Windows.
Thanks for share the extra info here for ppl need help.
I’m saying, so how did he do it without having a drivers
ohh shii what to do when that happens
My guess is to install windows with a USB? Then, put ur SD card in with drivers that has both the drivers and windows installed? My issue is I have a sd card, I put windows on it and it asks for a product code.
When I do put on in, it says u need drivers
Thank you so much bro i was stressing about just staying on steam or staying on windows cause i didnt even think it was possible on a 64gb but this will work perfectly! Can we also use a external hard drive/ssd for both os ? Like partion one for steam nd one for windows like we did with sd card? Thanks again!!😊
You are welcome buddy . Yes you can use external ssd or hard drive same way as SD card partition.
very, very good tutorial! step by step, what you need etc.
I've tried using my Steam Deck with Desktop as a partial main device docked but there are things, with flatpaks, where I do miss Windows (or maybe a standard Linux) and this might be the solution.
Any information about battery docked? Is there a way to set up a limiter for charging?
You’re the greatest man, thank you🔥🔥🔥
No problem 👍
thank you so much great tutorial and straiht to the point it worked perfect
Glad it helped!
@@ED4T i just buyed myself a 2 tb hard drive i only want to use for windows do you know how i can make my sd card normal again?
Also I can’t download the windows disk image of windows 10, I can only use the create windows installation media for windows 10 is that fine? I don’t wanna use windows 11
What do i do after i get a new ssd for my deck planning to upgrade later on when i can, do i have to do everything again and what was the point of doing the sd card?
Can i ask something, why you use exfat for sd card on windows? Cause i heard from someone windows use ntfs and linux use exfat
Thank you very much for the video
So nice of you
Do I have to remove the sd card when I do all this? Also it is formatted by steamos, if I want to use it only for windows I can make it only ntfs partition?
30:49 How can I keep it set for the Rick and Morty theme? Was it in the default themes or do I have to download it?
you dont have to download them. its default will changes randomly every time you turn on device.
Important question PLZ answer!
Can I use two different micro SD cards for games? Like one of the micro sd cards partitioned with games in it from both OS and one that’s not partitioned that I will only use for steam OS? I plan to take off the micro sd card depending on which games I wanna play. Will that work?
yeah that will work. just make sure you remember which game is installed in which sd card lol..
Thanks man got windows up and running haven't had any problems the only annoying thing is that we still have no Bluetooth or audio drivers for the OLED steam deck but its not the end of the world for the meantime i have to use my wired headphones its a bit of a pain but it works
no problem man. the OLED Windows driver is under processing. I think it will be released soon.
Hi I have 2 questions. I have a 2TB SSD and 500gb of it is full of steam OS games do I need to reimage steam OS to dual boot or can I just resize 1TB of the drive to windows without deleting my games on steam OS.
Also if I want to install the games on the ssd so I should skip the micro sd card step right ?
You dont need to re-image steam deck. just resize 1TB drive to windows. no need to delete any games from your Steam OS. yes if you dont want to use sd card for games you should skip the SD card step. you are correct.
Thanks so much!!
Glad it helped!
Can you make a video about running gamepass on windows 11 under steamdeck ?
Not the cloud gaming game pass , it is real game pass on windows, is it possible? Thanks
Can I increase/Decrease the window partition using gparted or is it permanently stuck at that gb amount we set initially.
u can change it but it takes forever to apply the changes
u a beast man, thaks a lot it works for me so fine :)
no problem dude.
Hey! I followed this method and it worked fine but I am trying to redo it because I wanted to install tiny windows11 instead of the whole thing. The setup window shows the partition to install windows is full. What should I do to resolve this? I tried to format the partition and it didn't work, still shows the drive full eventhough there's nothing on it. It's fresh partition from gparted. Please help!
Hi @ED4T I have a question, which is more performant in steam deck, windows 10 or windows 11?
I would say almost same. Win10 has better compatibility than 11 for old games. But win 11 is easier to use with touch screen.
Once you have this set up how does storage work? Like can I add both steamos games and windows files to the same microsd? Also what happens to both platforms when I eject and change the sd?
yes the sd card is shared by both OS. you can add games from both os to the same sd card. if you eject the sdcard, everything store on the sdcard will be not accessible.
the sd card is divided into 2 partitions one for steam os and one for windows. so they did not mess up with each.
Can I do download to external hd, then move to my sd card on my steam deck? Also, Can I just pop out said sd card, and boot steam os again?
Nice man
HELP! when running gparted on the steam deck i get the cd image screen then some text saying end kernal panic : not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) any ideas wizards?
Hello may i know can we change the size space for window at the first resize/move part ? I mean i already put 20gb cause follow your instruction .
you can only decrease the size later on if you have done 20gb during first time to setup.
With this of set up boss i can play COD Warfare with keyboard and mouse? Please i need your help thank you..
I have S.Deck 1tb boss..
Great, but how if i wanna turn back internal normally full size without partition?
i mean, if i before use this method, and sometime i wanna sell my steamdeck, i need to recover the internal storage, and how to take back the normal storage without partition?
Thank you
hi i’ve had windows for a bit now and now i want to get rid of it i’ve done some reasearch and i think i just need to delete the partition i created for windows and it will delete all the data and delete windows on the boot menu but what do you think
yes, you are right. you just need to delete the windows partition & remove the dualboot option.
Hi thx for sharing. One question : is there an interaction between the partition and cryoUtilities ?
None, i dont so think so. cryoutlitles stuff are all belongs to linux partition.
hello, why is it when I try to partition or whatever it's called, I can only slide the bar down to 46567 MiB?
Hi @ED4T I got an error when trying to create the NTFS partition. It says : Failed to execute child process "mkntfs" (Input/output error).
The only things I couldn't do exactly like you is when creating the iso file on Rufus. Gparted is currently in version 1.5.0-6 and I had a waring about 2 files that were missing and should been downloaded. Any idea ?
nvm, I did it again from the beginning and this time no error on rufus, no error on gparted
sorry for the late reply. glad it worked now.
So how do I view my steamos sd card partition in gaming mode? I only see the internal storage
Followed the tutorial and divided my micro sd into exfat and ext4. I see the division in steamOs in desktop mode but don't know how i can install something to it. Help 😢
I want to format my windows partition to NTFS so I can play Xbox game pass game because it requires that. Is it gonna mess anything up? I don’t really care if it messes up the steamos part
Thanks for your tutorial, its helpful ..one question, my sd internal space 1tb, i dont want to use sd card for game , so repartion step just skip the sd card? Just resize the partition for windows let say 100gb, set it format to ntfs ,can the ntfs share for gaming part too? Or i still need to resize another partition from main linux, then set format to exfat for windows game..Please advise😊
Thanks. If you don’t want SD card for gaming yes you can skip the SD card partition step. The windows ntfs partition cannot be accessed from Steam OS. If you want have one partition shared between steam os and windows then you have to create another exfat partition just like you said.
Thanks for your reply😊😊 , is it necessary to create exfat for sharing between win / steamOS? Steamos game everything will be in orginal partition..for windows 11 game everthing in ntfs partition, if want to play win11 game, i can just switch between both steamos / win11 right…Sorry im new , sorry for noob question 😊
Yes , It’s not necessary. Sometime it is just easer for transferring file between two OS. But you can also do it with usb flash drive.
i got "BOOT FAILED!" at 7:04 location in your video
hello, thank you for your help!
one question, after following your tutorial,
I cant sign in to my Xbox app so I can play my PC Game Pass. it always keep bumping out the apps.
any workaround? thanks!
are you using tiny 11? have you try to update xbox game pass app from the microsoft store
Is the mouse really required to operate the screen? Can't I use touch or the trackpads? Also, does Tiny11 require a key to activate?
you will need a mouse for G-parted. the touch screen is not fully operated. TIny 11 need a key o activate too.
@@ED4T okay thank you, one more question if I may, which Windows 11 key do I need? Can I use Windows 11 Home or is it Windows 11 Pro?
@shrekadina windows home will work
Hey man so lets say i did the double boot but now i dont want to double boot anymore and i want to make windows take 64 gb of my steam deck, do i have to redo everything or what do i do
If you want to get rid of the windows completely then you need to re-image your steam deck. Yes that means you have to redo everything.
Hey guys, I just upgraded my deck to 2tb storage and planning to dual boot windows. Was wondering is it possible to shrink 2 extra partitions 1 is for windows (60GB) another 1 is for storage (1TB exFAT). The reason why is because exFAT can be shared for both Windows and SteamOS. Have anyone tried it before?
Hi, Can I make my micro SD as Windows 11 booter to install it in the internal space of the steam deck and then format the micro SD to install my games?
That should be fine
EXCELLENT!!! 😁😁😁
Thanks! 😃
I have a problem. For some reason, when I try to install GParted from the website, it won't install. Anyone have a fix?
(UPDATE) It works now.
Question: I recently mess up my tiny windows files. Is there a way to reinstall it using your method? Will it compromise my existing files that I have on my steam deck and windows? My dual boot is working fine and I hope I do not have to do the entire setup process again. Any comment is greatly appreciated! Thank you!!
you don't have to redo the entire process. you can just reinstall windows.
after Windows is reinstalled.
after you reinstalled Windows and now it boots directly to Windows instead of Clover!
this is how to fix it:
1. Shutdown the Steam Deck. While powered OFF, press VOLDOWN + POWER and select SteamOS from the list.
2. Script will automatically fix the dual boot entries! Reboot and it will go back to Clover!
@@ED4T Awesome... I will try it! Thank you again!! 😀
Quick question: When Windows first installed from me from the “This PC” screen I do not see my SD card like you did, any idea how to fix? I followed the guide exactly
Have you installed valves steam deck windows driver ? You need to install the sd card driver in order to see it in Windows.
Hey ed I put the windows flashed usb and entered setup windows says it doesn’t have enough space in drive it shows 20.6 out of 20.7 the same as yours any help thanks?
are you trying to install Tiny 11 or normal windows 11? if you install normal Windows 11 it requires minimum 60gb
How do you set up your sd cardto download games in the steam os? when I try to add the sd card to storage it says not executable?
the sd card need to be formated i already showed this in this video.
Send help. Desktop does not show the clover app to setup the dual boot. :(
Would this same process work for Tiny 10? And if not you should do a video for it
Yes it will work for tiny win10 as well same process.
Is it possible to dual boot without using the SD card partitioning step? So, have 2 ssd partitions be bootable, 1 for windows and 1 for steam os?
Yes the sd card is just for extra space. It’s an optional stuff.
@@ED4T Ty for the answer and for the very thorough instructions in your video!
sir can i know if you have a video for formatting steamdeck ssd card?i like to go back at full steam
Here you go
How to Re-Image Steam Deck (No PC Required) - Balena Etcher
ruclips.net/video/y_S8B-QM70E/видео.html
Dear Sir. How can I transfer data back and forth between 2 operating systems? Thank you.
sorry for late reply. you can use the exfat format sd card to transfer files between Steam OS and Windows. I showed to format the SD to exfat & ext4 in this video.
you mentioned partitioning the sd card for windows and steamos, How do I make SteamOS detect the partition we created for it? I gave steam an extra 80gb from my sdcard but idk how to use that space.
I have the same question. In the video, we could see that SteamOS didn't detect the SD ext4 partition in Game Mode, only in Desktop Mode. I wonder if the solution is to have 2 SD cards, one for each system.
Someone of u 2 found an answer/solution?
@@stpp47 not really. The ext4 partition wasn’t seen by either system, but the other was seen by both and shared. For this reason, no real benefit in splitting the sd card
2 questions
If I decide I want to revert to my default steam deck OS like how I got it brand new what should I have to do?
Also does my steam deck have to be factory reset first before I start this process
1. You have to re-image your steam deck if you want to revert back to the factory steam deck you got it brand new. Here is the video how to re-image steam deck
ruclips.net/video/6vFmOf4V6O4/видео.html
2 you don’t need to factory reset before you doing this dual boot process.
@@ED4T thank u for the reply. Y won’t a factory reset get rid of windows? It’s the same thing as reinstalling steam OS no?
Hey please answer I need help, I’m stuck on airplane mode and I can’t turn it off for some reason. It’s blocked in greyish and I can’t even connect to the internet when it’s on. Please help thanks
try reinstall the windows wifi driver from Valve.
This is unbelievable if it actually works!
Watching the video now
Nah the 64gb steam can’t have this much free space :(
Great video though I like how clean your style is!
it works flawless. just make sure get a huge SD Card 1TB I suggested . not 128gb one I showed in the video.
@@ED4T
My steam deck got reset and now I have 32gb left on my internal storage! I will try this!
@@ED4T
Do you use windows on your 64gb steam deck usually?
yes I use it for gaming and download stuff on with windows.
Hello Ed, Can you please explain why when selecting Drive 0 Partition 9, although it shows same gb size as shown in your video, whenever I get to downloading the Drivers, I start getting "not enough disk space" message. Any thoughts? As of the writing of this message to you, I am starting the whole process over again. Everything up until the driver installation has gone perfectly as shown in your video. Thank you!
sorry for late reply. so you have complete the windows installation but when you install valve's windows driver it said not enough disk space ? just wondering which driver it gives your this error msg? also are you installing tiny windows 11 or regular windows 11?
@ Ed, Thanks for valuable reply. I believe the problem is when I set up my WiFi. FYI - I did download & installed Tiny 11 22H2 Beta1 successfully. But I noticed, after your step in turning on my WiFi, suddenly there were some downloads of Windows updates. Cannot understand why this happens, especially when UPDATES shown as "pause for 1 week". I then notice my (C) Local Drive is RED and now with only 414MB! I also noticed, and I think this is where to problem originates -- I did not see the Secure Digital storage device. So I then pulled out my SD card and reladed it & then the SD card suddenly appears on "This PC". Does the SD card need to be shown in "This PC" as well? I am now totally confused since everything up until I was ready to install the drivers went perfectly. But obviously, no point in moving forward. Any thoughts?? Can I backtrack in order to correct this problem, or do I need to start again. Unfortunately, I need to have some idea as to why, the darn updates appear to start downloading into my Local Disk (C): for no good reason. HELP PLEASE!!! Thanks once again for your great expertise & assistance!
@@goomba1950 no problem man. I think it's windows update casues issues for you. you can try to delete the downloaded update files from here:
go to Settings > System > Storage and select Temporary files then Select the Windows Update Cleanup and Delivery Optimization Files checkboxes. Afterward, select the Remove files button at the top of the page.
The SD Card shows as a digital storage device that's normal.
@@ED4TThank you so much Ed. Unfortunately, I did a Steam Deck Repair and will be starting from the beginning. At least I feel much better in that you have given me an option should I need to delete unwanted files. I will resume tomorrow morning (exhausted) and will revert results & hopefully with better news. As always, you are a champion!!!💪💪💪
Did what you said, but under Settings, System, Storage, Temporary Files (all that I am able to delete is: Thumbnails @6.01 MB, Microsoft Defender Antivirus @ 1.5 MB, Direct Shader Cache @ 65 KB & Temporary Internet Files @ 86 bytes. These are very small files and will not resolve issue since Local Disk (C:) -20.6 GB only have 1.55 GB free. Again, not sure why the system appears to fill up data into said drive. I've used your video tutorial last year & never had this problem. At this time I will attemp to download windows 11 on my sd card with drivers in order to use my Steam Deck strickly as a PC. I really play much PC games so I will use for that purpose. I'll see what happens but I really love your tutorials & look forward to see your future videos. Thanks again, as always!
I know it's a noob question but I'm curious is it possible to go to SteamOS or Return to Gaming Mode while in Windows 11 desktop without shutting down the deck and booting up again?
That will be magical. It’s impossible right now.
@@ED4T ok thank you I was hoping there's a secret way to do it 🤣
@imaginativealex lol I hope too. That will be really awesome! You have a Great idea though!
I need help I did this and when I try to go back to my steam deck mode there's no os for it just the windows
You have to install dual boot menu otherwise it will boot into windows by default. You can hold volume - plus power button manually select steam os to boot into steam os if you don’t want to install dual boot menu.
I found out tiny 11 had alot of services off i need to work for xbox app.. im going to install full windows on it.
This work for Windows 10 to ? I have 256 internal storage so no problem with partitions ... thx
Yes this will work with win10 as well. Steps are same
well.. the new SteamOS update just got rid of my SteamOS partition. now my deck ONLY boots in Windows. any idea on how to fix this?
Try this:
There was a SteamOS update and it wiped all my boot entries!
This happens even if not using dualboot / Clover / rEFInd.
1. Shutdown the Steam Deck. While powered OFF, press VOLUP + POWER.
2. Go to Boot from File > efi > steamos > steamcl.efi
3. Script will automatically fix the dual boot entries! Reboot and it will go back to Clover!
@@ED4T I didn't expect such a quick answer on an old video but thanks for the help bro! after resetting it would give me the dual boot options but even when I chose SteamOS it would still boot Windows. I redid what you said, went on desktop mode, opened SteamDeck_rEFind and reinstalled the config and now it works. you deserve more subs dude! wish you the best
Could you please help me with this?
I installed windows on a new partition, but it had no storage whatsoever.
so i removed the partitions of both steamos and windows, which merged them into one, and i formatted that to ntfs.
i installed windows again, but it said i have 2 installations now and one goes to an error because it was removed.
i want to go back to my default steamos but i have nothing now. what should i do? and how do i get rid of the broken boot loaders that dont work now (because they dont go anywhere)
Follow this guide and just re-image your steam os. It will get rid of everything include your windows partition. It will bring your SD back to its first day you bought it.
How to Re-image Steam OS / Re-Install Steam OS / Unbrick Your Steam Deck
ruclips.net/video/6vFmOf4V6O4/видео.html
@@ED4T i have a usb stick with the recovery image but it doesnt load at all and its just black with a cursor for like 2 hours now and i have tried it a lot of times, what should i do?
edit: nvm just use an sd card, also thank you so much for replying!! i loved your guide, windows just wasnt for me i think
Hello, I have a problem - in the boot manager I ONLY have a partition for Windows, and there is no partition for Steam OS. you can see it normally in gparted, but not in the boot manager. I hope you can help me with this
try this:
Start with Steam Deck off.
Hold Volume + button and power.
Choose "Boot from file".
Select esp/efi/steamos/steamcl.efi.
Wait until SteamOS boots (there will be a blank screen for some time, but Steam should start after that).
Go to desktop mode.
Open Konsole.
EDIT: if you never used sudo then type passwd and press Enter. Then set up your password that you will have to use whenever you run sudo.
Run following command:
sudo efibootmgr -c -L "SteamOS" -l "\EFI\steamos\steamcl.efi" -d /dev/nvme0n1p1
This will add a boot menu option for SteamOS.
EDIT: If you're typing the command by hand, 2 remarks:
it is one line command (in mobile apps it might be seen as multiple lines)
the third flag, between "SteamOS" and "\EFI... is a dash and lowercase L (it might look like number one or uppercase i)
i can go to the Steam OS, but it didn’t show in the boot loader.
would this work the same way with a tiny windows 10?
yes it will. this works with Windows 10 & Windows 11 any version.
I'm sorry to bother but would you maybe know why im getting a disk write error when trying to install games on steamos but on windows games installs just fine?
try to format your steam os partition.
I have installed Windows 11 on an external ssd but it only boots via the usbc port of the steam deck. If the docking station is connected and I connect the ssd as a usb, it can't be booted, how can I change that?
thats sounds not correct. is it an official steam deck dock ?
@@ED4T no ist an dock from Amazon…
What ist the best and chepest
Windows 11 or Windows 10, what is better for Deck? It seems Windows 11 can't play EA games (Fifa 23).
Windows 11 is better at touch feature. just remember Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025
Hey friend any recommendations for alternate to rufus for mac?
you can use Balena Etcher . that's valve suggested.
I can’t get windows to boot from the partitioned I created. It boots from usb and doesn’t show me the windows setup screen. How can I fix this
Did you finish the windows installation ?
Make sure your partition for windows is NTFS.
What is more reliable: Steam Deck tools or Handheld Companion?
steam deck tool.
@@ED4T Thanks!
When I went to the boot menu to go back to steamIOS it was no longer there. Just the windows and the D and E drives
have you installed dualboot menu ?
I followed your tutorial exactly and now I can’t boot into steamos it just shows windows can you help me fix it?
it shows in the video if you dont setup dual boot menu. it will boot into windows by default.
30:14 Setup Dual boot menu
I partitioned my SD card but now when I attempt to download Emudeck there is no SD card detected, how can I fix that?
there is a directory that I think belongs to the card but when i click it it says non writable directory selected so idk what to do.
is it safe to format it even tho it has two partitions?
you can try to remove the sd card and re-insert and reboot your steam deck too. if still not working you can just format the SD card.
@@ED4T I found elsewhere that formatting the SD would mess up the partitions potentially and that i could just run emudeck from windows, thanks tho!
i do have another question, Windows 11 is unable to run some games due to anticheat (Valorant) and I was wondering if you knew a small Windows 10 build similar to Tiny11 that I can downgrade to? I intend to delete the partition using Gparted and redownload Windows into it, that should work right?
Hello, there is tiny 11 23H2 X64, is it fine if i download that!
Pls Asap
any window11 will work. it doesn't matter.
after i managed to install windows, and will enter steam os, on the boot menu option there is no steam os, there is only windows boot manager,, how to fix with this problem
I am having this same issue :(
doos this work thr same if i were to use windows 10?
yes same for win10
Do you know why on my pc, when i try to go to the settings menu, it just shows blue screen? It doesn’t load the menu at all!
Also, saved this for future use. Thanks!
have you try to check windows update ?
18.11
On the stage where you have installed windows 11 and booting back to Steam OS, I am not getting the option after pressing minus and power button. Please help what to do.
sorry for the late reply, try booting into G-parted again and see if the steam os partition still shows up in the GParted but if not, the only way you can fix this is to re-image your steam deck.
I have a tutorial here for re-image the steam deck: ruclips.net/video/6vFmOf4V6O4/видео.html
@@ED4T need to reinstall steam and windows 11 back. But now I am on it. Thanks for the reply, I have a 64gb version and want to try game pass on it. Is it possible to install xbox games on SD card with dual boot option?
does handheld companion and steam deck tools work on tiny11?
yes both will work. i showed steam deck tool in this video actually.
Hi, I have got to the end of the tutorial but when trying to reboot in to SteamOS, I only have the Windows option - I have rebooted into GParted and I can still see the ext4 Home is there, how do I go about rebooting in to Steam?
have you installed the Clover Duo boot menu? you need to install Clover to enable the dual boot option. otherwise, it will boot into Windows directly.
I haven't as I can't get into SteamOS!@@ED4T
Managed a workaround by booting in via file (hold volume up and power) which let me in to SteamOS, setup clover and all seems good now 👌
Im selecting xbox 360 controller but it never selects just stays on desktop
Hello do you really need a sd card, What if i dont want to dual boot and just have windows permanently?
Sd card is just an optional. You can skip the sd card session if you won’t want to use sd card
@@ED4TWah so fast
Not sure if someone is facing the same issue, but I did these steps, but at some point my dock was not being recognized anymore, not for hdmi ou, not for usb ports, and not even for charging. I've read people with the same problem, but no clear solution. Any ideas? Thank you for the guide!
Are you talking about the dock stopped working in Steam OS or Both Steam os & Windows ?
@@ED4T thanks for the reply. It stopped working on both. Even turned off, it would not charge. It's a third party dock, but a good one (at least from what I read). It was working and after reimaging the deck and partitioning, at some point it just stopped, probably after using gParted - I did boot on that through the dock's usb. I read about people having that problem with any dock, including official one, and valve recommends putting the deck on shipping mode ("battery off" mode) and then back into plug, should work. I did that. And nothing on the dock. Tested another, though (genki covert dock), and it worked for both charging and HDMI out. So I guess the dock really died, not sure why. I even could ask for a refund, so all good I guess. Thanks again!
@eduardopinho2644 thanks for sharing your whole story here. Maybe try with a usb hub see if that works or not. It doesn’t need to be a dock.
@@ED4T Actually I forgot to mention. Before trying Genki Dock, I tested an USB hub and it also worked. But yeah, no problem, and thanks for the guide, it was really helpful!
When I go to install windows I get an error which says I'm missing some kind of driver. Has anyone else experienced this, or have a solution?
same
@@toastbrot236 if you didnt fix this error its becuase you have to use rufus
to bypass the error i used a "bootleg"(not quite sure if thats the correct term) ver. of windows using only the steamOS and then proceeded to install actual windows using rufus on that "bootleg" ver.
will windows 10 work instead of tiny 11 (I don't know if tiny11 is safe that's why)
It will work with any windows 10 or 11.
on the 64gb?@@ED4T
nvm I tried it with win10 and gave the windows a lil bit more storage and it worked TY
And since I only made the external drive 20 gbs like you said I can even download anything